Albatross breeding sites

Connected Sites: 8

Definition
WHS which include the breeding site of a species of Albatross. IUCN recognises 22 species of Albatross (Alternative definitions range between 14 and 24) of 4 Genera (Great, N Pacific, Sooty and Mollymawk). 20 are listed in Wiki as breeding within a WHS using its definition of "species" - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_albatross_breeding_locations )

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Connected Sites

  • Sub-Antarctic Islands
    Inscribed: 1998
    4.06
    8
    0
    Antipodes Islands - Antipodean (race antipodensis), Shy (race steadi - alternatively considered the "White Capped" species), Black-browed, Light-mantled Auckland Islands - Gibson's, Southern royal (Enderby only), Northern royal (Enderby only), Shy (race steadi), Light-mantled Bounty Islands - Salvin's Campbell - Antipodean (race antipodensis), Southern royal, Black-browed, Campbell, Grey-headed, Light-mantled, Sooty Snares - Salvin's, Black-browed, Buller's
  • Galapagos Islands
    Inscribed: 1978
    4.60
    114
    9
    Espanola (Hood Island) - Galapagos (or Waved)
  • Ogasawara Islands
    Inscribed: 2011
    3.12
    8
    3
    Three North Pacific albatross species breed on Mukojima: Black-footed Phoebastria nigripes, Laysan P. immutabilis (both Near Threatened) and the globally Vulnerable Short-tailed P. albatrus.
    See www.acap.aq
  • Heard and McDonald Islands
    Inscribed: 1997
    3.08
    1
    0
    Wandering, Black-browed, Light-mantled
  • Inscribed: 1997
    3.75
    5
    0
    Wandering, Black-browed, Grey-headed, Light-mantled
  • Inscribed: 2019
    4
    0
    "Eight species of albatross, of which six are considered globally threatened,... breed in the nominated property", including the Amsterdam Albatross
  • Papahanaumokuakea
    Papahanaumokuakea
    United States of America
    Inscribed: 2010
    3.11
    8
    1
    Midway and Laysan Islands - Laysan, Black-footed
  • Gough and Inaccessible Islands
    Inscribed: 1995
    2.55
    8
    3
    Gough - Tristan, Atlantic yellow-nosed, Sooty Inaccessible - Tristan, Atlantic yellow-nosed